Anne Marshall is a court reporter attending law school at
night. Although Professor Elliott Spence is not one of her
favorite teachers, Anne and the members of her study group
are stunned to find out he has been killed in a hit and
run. They are even more shocked when it appears to have
been a deliberate murder. Suspicion immediately falls on
Kathy Spence, Elliott's wife, since witnesses saw a blonde
woman driving, and the car involved is Kathy's car. It
seems like an open-and-shut case since Kathy was alone that
night, drinking, and thus has no alibi for the time of the
killing. However, one of Kathy's dear friends is convinced
she is innocent, and Anne's father agrees, claiming Kathy
is being framed. Anne's own natural curiosity leads her
into an investigation, to the dismay of her two police
officer friends and the delight of her study group.
But Anne also has an edge that no one else knows: Her
father is a ghost, who began appearing to her about six
months ago. He can find out things without being seen, and
as a lawyer in his mortal life, he helps Anne know the
right questions to ask -- besides guiding her with a bit of
fatherly wisdom. The only person who can see him, Anne is
grateful to again have contact with her beloved dad, even
if his comings and goings are still a bit jarring.
This is a pretty basic mystery with routine genre
conventions, characters most readers have seen many times
before, with a few situations and some dialog that are a
bit soap opera-ish. (No offense to soap lovers.) Anne's
father provides a twist, but it's really not enough to
separate this book from the dozens of other amateur-sleuth
mysteries that are out there.
Kathy Spence awakens in the middle of the night and finds
herself in a living nightmare. Her husband has been run
down and she is the primary suspect. With an eyewitness to
the crime and proof that her car was the murder weapon, it
appears to be an open-and-shut case.
Terrified for her future, Kathy turns to amateur sleuth
Anne Marshall for help. Believing in Kathy's innocence,
Anne launches her own investigation, uncovering proof of a
conspiracy that reaches from Kathy's past and threatens her
own life.
In a race against time, Anne must count on her close
friends and even the ghost of her father to help her bring
a killer to justice before it's too late.
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